Archive for September 7th, 2009
Where Public School Buses Fail Hillsborough Man Comes To The Rescue
TampaBay.com: Work starts at 6 a.m., but your first-grader’s school starts at 8:05. He’ll have to stand at a crowded bus stop with kids twice his size, while you’re at the office, wondering if he’s still alive. It’s enough to make a mom reach for her wallet. That’s what Karina DaSilva and a growing number [...]
For Entrepreneur, Buyout Was A Piece Of… Puzzle?
jconline.com: For the following year Clauson worked in the sporting goods industry. Then the entrepreneur returned to his roots and started Lafayette Puzzle Factory — creating a variety of puzzles that are sold at retail locations. “Even while working for the sporting goods company, I found myself walking up and down the toy aisles at [...]
Happy Labor Day, Even If You’re An Entrepreneur
CommercialAppeal.com: Some say Matthew Maguire is the father of Labor Day. Others say it was Peter McGuire. Both cared greatly for an important segment of the marketplace, its workers. Regardless of paternity, such a day was first celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, when members of the CLU took an unpaid [...]
Video Conferencing Has Its Benefits
photo credit: Jakob Montrasio In today’s world we are continuously trying to come up with business ideas and inventions that save us time, money and also are safer for the planet. Small Biz Labs recently posted an article on Video Conferencing and it’s many benefits for the business owner as well as the planet. Video Conferencing [...]
Wausau Daily Herald: Any parent with young children knows how difficult cooking a meal can be when there are small hands trying to help. Rather than shoo them out, stay-at-home mom Joy Frystak invites her three young daughters into the kitchen with her. And that inspired her to start a new business. Frystak, 33, of [...]
Trio Of Mompreneurs Hosting Get-It-Done Workshops
PR.com: Running a business while raising a family can be an extremely rewarding yet challenging path for many moms. Just ask Lara Galloway, Mary Hickman and Melissa Lierman. With eight kids under 10 between them and successful individual businesses, they manage many of the same challenges other mom entrepreneurs face. “We found that we are [...]
